The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes

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SOMETHING AMAZING Liza Dadone leapt from the truck as soon as it stopped She waded into the waist deep grass to get a closer look at a pair of giraffes in the distance A veterinarian at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs Colorado Dadone was here in the wooded grasslands of Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park to work on a conservation project She was part of a team helping endangered Nubian giraffes Easing close enough for a good look at the giraffes she had spotted Dadone smiled She recognized the male giraffe He was the one the team had named Melman A male front and female Nubian giraffe in Murchison Falls National Park Nubian giraffes live only in Ethiopia Kenya South Sudan and Uganda